英语翻译
Lesson1ThePolynesians
ThePolynesianswereprobablythebestexplorersinthehistoryoftheworld.TheytraveledthousandsofkilometersacrossthePacificOceaninlargeboatscalled“doublecanoes.”Theycouldlookatthestartsandknowwhichwaytogo.Theyalsounderstoodthewindsandtheoceancurrents.Theymademapsofthestartsandtheoceancurrents.Theymademapsofthesticksandshells.
About4000yearsago,agroupofpeoplelivedinsouthernChina.Theywereamixtureofwhite,black,andMongolpeople.WhentheChinesemovedfartherandfartherintothesouth,thesepeopleneededtofindsaferhomes.
SlowlythesepeopleleftChinaintheirdoublecanoesandstartedtowardthesoutheast.Theytookanimalsandplantwiththem.Agroupofpeoplemightarriveatanislandandstaythereuntiltheyhadchildren,grandchildren,andgreat-grandchildren.Thenafewfamiliesmightstarttravelingagain.Somecanoeswentonewayandsomeanother.IttookhundredsofyearsforthemtoreachalloftheislandsinPolynesia.
Thedoublecanoeisoneofthegreatestinventionsinhistory.ThePolynesianswereamongthegreatestsailorsinhistory.Theyunderstoodhowtosailbythestarsandusethewindsandoceancurrents.Thismadethemgreatexplorers.